diff --git a/e2e/definitions/subject/deployment.yaml b/e2e/definitions/subject/deployment.yaml
index 17cd8815e..d14183e4e 100644
--- a/e2e/definitions/subject/deployment.yaml
+++ b/e2e/definitions/subject/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: subject-container
-        image: quay.io/bitnami/redis:latest
+        image: quay.io/prometheus/busybox:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        args:
+        - sh
+        - -c
+        - "echo MagicString > /data/expectation.txt && echo 'test file written, sleeping now' && sleep infinity"
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: $ID
-        env:
-        - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
-          value: ThePassword
         volumeMounts:
         - name: volume
-          mountPath: /bitnami/redis/data
+          mountPath: /data
       volumes:
       - name: volume
         persistentVolumeClaim:
diff --git a/e2e/test-01-backup.bats b/e2e/test-01-backup.bats
index 8660434b6..0d86a0b83 100644
--- a/e2e/test-01-backup.bats
+++ b/e2e/test-01-backup.bats
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@ DEBUG_DETIK="true"
 
 	echo -n "Number of Snapshots >= 1? "
 	jq -e 'length >= 1' <<< "${output}"          # Ensure that there was actually a backup created
+
+	run restic dump latest '/data/subject-pvc/expectation.txt'
+
+	echo "---BEGIN actual expectation.txt---"
+	echo "${output}"
+	echo "---END---"
+
+	[ "${output}" == "$(< debug/data/pvc-subject/expectation.txt)" ]
 }